The annual Central Economic Work Conference listed "vigorously boosting consumption, improving investment efficiency, and comprehensively expanding domestic demand" as the top priority for the year, highlighting the significant importance of expanding domestic demand to China's economic development.

To thoroughly implement the spirit of the Central Economic Work Conference, this journal's Issue [Year] (Total Issue [Number]) plans to focus on the theme of "Expanding Domestic Demand and Stimulating Consumption." We sincerely invite high-quality academic papers from experts, scholars, and researchers. Submissions can revolve around the following areas:

Research on New Consumption Trends and Pathways for Consumption Upgrading: Study the consumption characteristics and trends of emerging consumer groups such as Generation Z, the silver economy, and green consumption. Analyze the driving forces and pathways of consumption upgrading, exploring how to meet the people's growing needs for a better life. Investigate how to leverage new technologies, models, and business formats to promote consumption upgrading, such as live-streaming e-commerce, social commerce, and the metaverse.

Research on Policies to Enhance Residents' Income and Consumption Capacity: Study how to improve residents' income levels by refining the income distribution system and increasing the proportion of labor remuneration in primary distribution. Explore ways to enhance the social security system, reduce residents' precautionary savings, and unleash consumption potential. Investigate how to stimulate household consumption through policies such as tax incentives and consumption subsidies.

Research on Pathways to Optimize Investment Structure and Enhance Investment Efficiency: - Study how to guide capital towards key areas such as leisure tourism, cultural industries, and green development. - Explore ways to improve the efficiency of government investment and leverage its role in stimulating private capital. - Investigate how to refine the investment environment to invigorate private investment activity.

Research on the Linkage Mechanism Between Urban-Rural Integrated Development and Expanding Domestic Demand: Study how to unleash rural consumption potential through urban-rural integrated development. Explore ways to improve the rural distribution system to facilitate the flow of industrial goods to rural areas and agricultural products to cities. Investigate how to expand the urban consumer base through new urbanization initiatives.

Research on Digital Economy Empowering Consumption Upgrading and Investment Efficiency Improvement: Study how to leverage technologies such as big data and artificial intelligence to accurately identify consumer demand and optimize supply structures. Explore the development of new consumption models such as digital consumption and smart consumption.

Research on the First Launch Economy, Ice and Snow Economy, and Silver Economy Study the connotation, characteristics, development trends, industrial chain construction, ecosystem cultivation of the first launch economy, as well as its role in driving urban economic growth. Investigate the market size and development potential of the ice and snow economy, the improvement and upgrading of its industrial chain, and how to achieve synergistic development with regional economies. Examine the market demand and consumption characteristics of the silver economy, the construction of its industrial system and development models, as well as the collaborative promotion mechanisms involving the government, market, and society.

Research on the Efficiency Enhancement of the "Two New" Policies and "Two Major" Projects This study focuses on evaluating the effectiveness of the "Two New" policies and exploring optimization pathways, breakthroughs and innovative models in key areas, as well as risk prevention and sustainable development. It also examines the factor support and policy assistance for "Two Major" projects, along with strategies for project advancement and benefit enhancement.

Research on Drawing from International Experience and China's Path Selection for Expanding Domestic Demand: - Study the experiences and lessons of developed countries in expanding domestic demand to provide insights for China. - Analyze the challenges and opportunities China faces in expanding domestic demand, exploring path selections suited to China's national conditions. - Investigate how to coordinate both domestic and international markets and resources to achieve mutual reinforcement between the domestic and international dual circulations.

Submission Deadline: [Year] [Month] [Day]. (For submission requirements, please refer to the appendix.)